Peter Dinham
Wednesday, 08 July 2009 12:06
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Google Australia has launched its second Doodle 4 Google initiative for Australian schools, challenging students to design a Google ‘doodle’ inspired by the theme, ‘My wish for Australia’.
The competition is open to year one to 10
students at any school around Australia, and Google Australia’s head of
marketing, Jason Chuck, said students were being challenged come up
with an “inspiring image of what they wish for their country using the
Google logo.”
And, there’s a decent sort of prize for the winning student and their
school, with the winner having their doodle appear on the Google
Australia homepage for millions to see, and $10,000 worth of technology
equipment given to his or her school.
Australian artists Ken Done and Anne Geddes, and humanitarian and
director of the Global Poverty Project, Hugh Evans, will judge the
Australian entries this year, which Chuck says are expected to number
in the thousands.
Chuck says that, from a long-list of 320 entries, the judges will
select 32 winners across age groups and states/territories, and public
voting will help identify four national winners.
And, Google's Dennis Hwang, the company's original Doodler, will pick
the overall national winner at a gala event in November, with entries
to be judged on the basis of artistic merit, creativity, how well their
idea is communicated, and the supporting statement which explains the
student's wish for Australia.
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